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G. KIMMEL. Vegetable Gutter and Grater. No. 243,139. Patented June21,1881.

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Vegetable Cutter and Grater.- No. 243,139. Patented June 21,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES KIMMEL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

VEGETABLE CUTTER AND GRATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,139, dated June 21,1881. Application filed May 11, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OHARLEs KIMMEL, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful VegetableCutting and Grating Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in vegetable-cutting machines inwhich horizontall y-reciprocating radial knife-blades operate in anopen-end cylinderand in conjunction with a beveled cross-bar above thedisk to which the blades are attached, and shown in Let- .ters Patent ofthe United States No. 151,884, bearing date of June 9, 1874.; and theobjects of my improvements are, first, to facilitate the introduction ofmaterials to the cylinder; second, to provide means for adjusting thecross-bar with relation to the cutting-blades. I attain these objects bymechanisms illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure lis a vertical cross-section with parts broken away to show theadjustment of the beveled cross-bar; Fig. 2, a plan view partiallybroken away; Fig. 3, a detail of the driving mechanism. Fig. 4 is across-section through one of the cutting-blades, showing the adjustmentand operation of the same; Fig. 5, a cross-section of a modification ot'the blade shown in Fig. 4; Fig. 6, a cross-section through thegrating-disk; Fig. 7, a plan view of the same, and Fig. 8 a perspectiveof a portion of the disk and of the cutting-blade shown in Fig. 5.

Similar letters refer to the same parts throughout the several views.

A represents an open-end cylinder, provided with a rigid cross-bar, a,supporting the oper ating mechanisms of my machine, said cylinder beingsupported upon suitable legs, a. The cross-bar a is enlarged at itscenter and provided with a transverse perforation, in which is journaledthe horizontal crank-shaft B, carrying the beveled cog I).

G isa disk, provided with a vertical shaft, 0, having its lower edgejournaled in a suitable recess in the bar a, and provided with abevelwheel, 0, corresponding to and gearing with the cog b of the shaftB. The disk 0 is provided with a series ofradial slots, d, one side wallof which is longitudinally beveled and has secured thereto, by aset-screw, d,a straight knife blade, D, having an elongated slot, asshown in Fig.4, to enableits adjustment toward or from the opposite wallof the groove, to regulate its depth of out upon the vegetable to beoperated upon.

Instead of beveling the wall of the grooves and having thecutting-blades straight, the back of the blade may be concavoconvex incross-section, and the upper face of the disk adjoining the slot be madecorrespondingly concave to form a seat for said back, the blade beingadjustably held in position by a setscrew passing from the under side ofthe disk through the slot in the blade and secured by a plate or strip,d plano-convex in cross-sec tion, as shown in Figs. 5 and 8. The purposein either case is to have a solid base against which to clamp the bladeand prevent itswarping or breaking, as has heretofore been the case insimilar machines.

E is a cross-bar, suitably recessed at its center of length, to restupon the upper end of the shaft of the revolving cutting disk andprovided with a thumb-screw, c, to adjust it to any desired height abovesaid disk, and is mounted rigidly in a horizontal position and preventedfrom turning with the disk by dovetailing its ends and fitting them intocorresponding lugs or inortises in -the sides of the cylinder, to whichit is held by thumb-screw e c. This cross-bar E is beveled on eitherside of its center of length in opposite directions, so that as the diskrevolves the vegetables will be drawn down and held against thecuttingblades, and in this respect is a feed to the same.

Instead of providing the revolving disk with cutting-blades, I mayperforate it from the under side to give'it a rough surface adapted forcutting or grating the vegetables, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, or I mayhave with each machine a disk of each kind to use as the necessity ofthe occasion may require, for, as the construction, with the exceptionof the cuttingsurface, is the same, the one may be replaced by the otherat will.

By the construction above described it will be seen that free access isbad to the cylinder in both feeding the vegetable to and cleaning thesame, and that the machine is made more compact in structure and sizeand its parts readily adjustable for use and detachable for cleaning orpacking.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In a vegetable cutter, the combination, substantially as described,with the revolving cutting-disk and the cog on its under side e11-gaging with the crank shaft, of a verticallyadjustable feed-bar havingoppositely-beveled sides, and extending across and above the face of thecuttingdisk, whereby the thickness of the slices may be varied at will.

2. The combination, with the cylindrical receptacle, the revolving disk,and the radial

